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Howdi
22 Jan 13 18:57
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Brillaint card and 4-9 to be off it will be a massive loss to the season.
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Report giggsy3444 January 22, 2013 7:08 PM GMT
looking good to go ahead! if it doesnt take place on Saturday it is going to be moved to Sunday! THIS MEETING MUST HAPPEN!!
Report wellchief January 22, 2013 7:10 PM GMT
How can you remember it when we haven't had it yet? Wink

Have you got some kind of Gray's Sports Almanac, like in Back to the Future 2?
Report Howdi January 22, 2013 7:11 PM GMT
ermmm the entries what a strange post Plain
Report alleged22 January 22, 2013 7:13 PM GMT
i was looking forward to the neptune when i saw the decs, but it seems the new one has scared off the opposition
Report silvercoat January 22, 2013 7:15 PM GMT
I'll be in bits if it's off. And there's a glimmer of hope now that it could be moved to Sunday.

The best days racing before the festival.

Let's hope that the ground'll be safe because I don't mind standing in the cold.
Report buddeliea January 22, 2013 7:16 PM GMT
Snow forecast today,tomorrow and Friday.Rain forecast for Sunday.

It aint looking good lads,best not get too excited.
Report wellchief January 22, 2013 7:20 PM GMT
It's ok Howdi, a pun on the title of your thread
Report silvercoat January 22, 2013 7:26 PM GMT
I dunno if I can put up with yet another weekend without going racing.

Stuck in the house. It's too risky for me to venture out for a pint in the afternoon 'cus I'll never get back. 

Even my missus is taking the p1ss out of me now.
Report chief dan January 22, 2013 7:30 PM GMT
been snowing here for last hour lads Sad
Report buddeliea January 22, 2013 7:32 PM GMT
Laugh

I was going to stay in last Sat night,but got bored with no racing to watch and ended up in the pub.
Report silvercoat January 22, 2013 7:34 PM GMT
At least we had the snooker to watch though Budd
Report Regular Fries January 22, 2013 10:44 PM GMT
Really hope this goes ahead. Coupled with the Donny meeting and the graded stuff from Ireland it could be a really informative weekend.

C'mon Mother Na, do us a favour!
Report Mr Eboue January 22, 2013 10:47 PM GMT
Am I being thick here...?

Why are trainers concerned about heavy going? Surely the ground will be hard from the frost? Surely the frost is the biggest danger of abandonment not rain?
Report Howdi January 23, 2013 12:15 AM GMT
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Report buddeliea January 23, 2013 7:59 AM GMT
3 possibiles

1)called off cos of frost

2)Waterlogged

3)Racing goes ahead on soft/heavy ground.

Whatever the outcome it aint ideal for trainers,if its off they have to find other suitable races and pretty quickly i imagine,and if its on they have to decide if running their horse on that type of ground at this stage of the season is the right thing to do,with the possibility of bottoming a horse..

I can see where trainers might be concerned.
Report robbo69 January 23, 2013 12:33 PM GMT
The clue's will be limited anyway as the weather must change for the better soon... festival will be a week of sunshine and tears for the punters as all the homework done on poor ground will mean nothing. This years formbook can be ripped up if the weather does change. Is there any form about on decent ground?
Looked on the long range forcast and its a dry back half of Feb, that ground will change and drain so quickly. Meanwhile back in the real world i type this watching snow still falling.....
Report duffy January 23, 2013 1:58 PM GMT
It'll be on, shirt sleeve weather today in the south west...very mild indeed.
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